Sosa is chasing 500 home runs. He has been chasing it for most of the season. It really has been the only thing to watch since July, and despite his pronouncements about wanting management to solve the team's problems, there is the lingering suspicion that this chase means just as much to him....

Ah, but here is Sosa swinging away in the third inning, and if there were any pretense to this being about the team, it's gone now.

irish rover

09-26-2002, 08:02 AM

ariva adds in to

From Arvia:

Officially now, 500 home runs is no big deal.

It is no big deal because Cubs fans, who would flock to Wrigley Field if you painted a red "C" on a bucket of stones and gave them away as limited edition Pet Rocks named Harry, left an impressive number of seats vacant Tuesday with Sammy Sosa perched at 498 homers.

It is no big deal because there remained plenty of room for both ball-hawking fortune hunters and their legal teams on avenues Waveland and Sheffield, despite the fact that Sosa entered the evening with 58 career multi-homer games.